All Legal aid and access to justice articles – Page 16
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NewsLegal aid eligibility to be widened for people 'at risk' - eventually
Secondary legislation laid to introduce extra support for domestic abuse victims and tenants facing eviction.
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NewsCrack cases quicker to reduce backlog, senior presiding judge suggests
Lord Justice Edis suggests that cases with likely guilty pleas could be brought forward by the listing officer and dealt with in one go.
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News'Fight or die': solicitors handed strategy for legal aid action
Former Criminal Bar Association secretary says commercial silk should be instructed to review ‘unfair’ government contract.
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NewsPilot early advice for child arrangements 'without delay'
Legal thinktank makes 43 recommendations and urges the government to seize opportunity to redesign family justice system.
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NewsSociety backs City fund for social welfare lawyers
Chancery Lane makes one of the biggest single donations to the Social Welfare Solicitors Qualification Fund.
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NewsDispute not over: Law Society issues fresh warning on 'fair deal' for solicitors
Lord chancellor Brandon Lewis given weeks to bridge the funding gap between solicitors and barristers.
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NewsBarristers vote for legal aid deal
Criminal bar decides to accept £54m offer and suspend strike - but solicitors are mulling their own action.
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NewsYoung defendants lack trust in lawyers, Fair Trials reports
Criminal justice campaign group researched experiences of young adults who pleaded guilty.
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NewsBarnstaple duty scheme to be covered by remaining legal aid provider
Solicitors in Devon faced four-hour round trip under Legal Aid Agency proposals to ensure sufficient coverage.
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News'Problems with your ex?': McFarlane suggests mediation rebrand
Family division president says some parents might get mediation confused with reconciliation or marriage guidance.
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NewsCivil legal aid review in the pipeline, agency reveals
Practitioner group warns that more providers will quit while government carries out 'another long, drawn-out process'.
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NewsSociety edges closer to nuclear option on legal aid
Chancery Lane demands government announce a 15% fee uplift for solicitors as barristers prepare to vote on £54m offer.
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NewsSolicitors will take ‘appropriate action’ without pay deal, group warns
London Criminal Courts Solicitors' Association president says offer to CBA shows MoJ has ‘flexibility to re-negotiate’.
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NewsNews focus: Labour's justice agenda
Labour is honing its justice manifesto, with equality of arms at inquests top of the agenda. The party also set out its plans for neighbourhood policing and the courts. But what about legal aid?
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NewsLaw Society mulls nuclear option on criminal legal aid
Chancery Lane may advise solicitors not to undertake defence work unless they get parity with bar.
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NewsGovernment makes revised offer to end bar strike
Criminal Bar Association will ballot members on whether to accept new deal over legal aid funding - but is unimpressed with 'premature' Ministry of Justice press release.
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NewsBar protests resume as talks continue
'We share the same vision as the Ministry of Justice,' says CBA chief.
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NewsDefendants could be released before trial if legal aid dispute continues – High Court
Court says absence of barristers by end of November ‘unlikely’ to be sufficient reason for extending CTL.
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NewsLabour conference: Society renews legal aid plea
Law Society vice-president Lubna Shuja says solicitors are the silent backbone of the justice system and economy.